Recent content by reverendj1

Disregard this. I misread and was thinking you had a bottle filler on your valve, like this. It's been so long since I bought my bottling bucket, I thought they came with them. I thought you were worried about the wand filling with the priming sugar, so the first bottle would be over-primed, not...

I know this too late to do anything, but for others reading this, just dump the first bottle back in the bucket and proceed as normal. I've done it dozens of times. Not a big deal.

Founders was one of, if not the first to create a session IPA. When I took a tour there, they said that the reason that they created All Day IPA was because of salesmen. They had their salesmen going out in the field all day selling beer, and of course, they would have to be drinking Founders...

I'm in!

You mean Jayden James? I haven't been there yet. I'm in Jenison, so it's kind of a hike. Depending on where you are in Rockford, Gravel Bottom in Ada may be closer. They are a brewery/homebrew store. I haven't checked them out yet though.

Siciliano's and O'Connor's rock!

No problem. Let me know how it goes. :)

I've left beer for several weeks to a month after I should have bottled (I usually bottle after 3-4 weeks in the fermenter) and no ill affects. RDWHAHB Time is your friend, it's generally better to be patient and take longer to do things, than it is to rush them. That being said, I would worry...

Yeah, leaving it behind is the point of transferring to secondary. :) All you are doing is moving it from one vessel to another, increasing your risk of oxidation and infection and mixing up all that yeast and trub that has fallen out naturally into a nice compact cake. I don't want to get in...

Nice Thorogood sneak in there. :)

Yeah, I have a couple towels my buddy gave me when I started. He called them brew towels and said they wouldn't scratch my buckets. No idea what they actually are, and don't seem much different than regular dish towels. I've had 1 infection so far (40+ batches), but I can account that to...

To clarify, I don't usually age my beer in buckets for that long. Usually 3-4 weeks. That just happened a few times accidentally as life happens, with no ill affects. Another option for secondaries is to use plastic carboys, like Better Bottles. I know lots of people use those for extended...

Only idiots use plastic buckets. They actually force oxygen in your beer and give you man boobs. Just kidding. Buckets are fine for at least 6-8 weeks (the max I've ever let a beer sit). I know a ton of people on here and IRL that use them for that long. The main concern people have with them...

I have not done a pineapple/jalapeno beer, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I have however done a pineapple beer (not my recipe), but it had a bazillion other things in it too. From the many bad commercial pepper beers I've had (and some very delicious ones), I think it would be harder to...

My suggestion? RDWHAHB. It is probably in the less vigorous portion of the fermentation process. Just let it do it's thing. The yeast aren't quite as active, but they are chewing down the last few gravity points and cleaning up after themselves. This can take a few days. For a beginner, you are...